Willoughby Rev (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 296 pages, a good plus hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering and the Oxford logo to the spine (this has dulled to brown). Absolute minimal evidence that this is an ex-library book.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, red cloth, 296 pages. Gilt title on spine. Folding maps in rear. Contents: Relation of Bantu to other African races: Africa & Africans - Study of Bantu life & thought: Spirits of things; Spirits of people; Tribal law & politics; Woman & marriage; Training of Bantu youths - Europeanization of Bantu Africa: Discovery of Bantu; White man's burden & how he got it; Some problems of government in Bantu areas; Native labour; Colour bar; Task of Church. Newsp. clippings re author laid in, leaving tan mark. Record # 374707.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 296 pages + two pull-out maps, carrying the sub-title on the title page "A Study of the Relation of Bantu and Britons in those parts of Bantu Africa which are under British Control". Thus, a review or survey of largely eastern, central and southern Africa in the early years of the 20th century. Divided into three Parts: Relation of the Bantu to other African Races; A Study of Bantu Life and Thought (spirits, tribal law, women and marriage, youths); and The Europeanization of Bantu Africa (discovery, government, labour, "the colour bar", church). Pull-out maps show the races of Africa and a political map of the continent, both in very good condition. Book as a whole, however, is poor: significant wear to spine, heavy bumping and wear around cover corners and edges; ex library label on front free end paper and label on front free end paper, both with a hand-written numeric reference; binding splitting at half-title page; inclined to foxing internally though text pages generally clean and tidy (not read, possibly).…

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. No Dust Jacket. General wear to edges and corners, cloth spine faded with fraying and small tear at head of spine. Binding slightly cocked with light spotting to red cloth but bright interior pages. ; 8vo; 296 pages; AFRICA.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. This is an attractive copper stipple engraved portrait of very high quality ca 1821 mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Late of Pickering. Engraved By Freeman (illustrator).

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on aged paper. Small square cut away from second leaf of bifolium, not affecting text. Docketed: 'Pay Receivable 2 Monday in Augt.' and '663. | Captn. W. Trevelyan | 25 Aug: 1844 | Recd. 26 - - | Ansd 27 -'. The letter begins: 'My dear Thomson | There appears to be some mistake; what I wished to know was, "when my Pay was due at the India House", commencing from the 20th May last - my Pay certificate was included amongst the Papers I left at your House - the sum you mention recoverable on the 29th Inst. is a Family Remittance from India and which you have been in the habit of receiving'. He wrote to the 'C.O. of the Regt.' regarding the 'Mess Wine' before leaving India, but will do so again. He will shortly write 'regarding the disposal of my spare coin'. A postscript concerns a coming trip to Weymouth by 'Lady C.'.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 160 pages. Features: Movies Are Getting Redder Than Ever; Let's Give America Back to the Schoolkids - How to Resurrect History - And Freedom; Red Invasion of the Church; Khrushchev and the Flight to Sverdlovsk - Why is One U-2 Spy Plane A Shock to the World but not 35 years of intense world-wife Soviet Espionage?; Christian Herter Must Resign; five Day Picnic; Our "Hard Luck" Presidents; Witchweed - this parasitic Asiatic plants threatens corn-on-the-cob; Your Health - Insomnia?; The Scrupulous Sculptress - Vinnie Ream; Thanks to Mr. Dewey's Decimals; Living Rooms Into Learning Rooms; MEP - A People-to-People Plan - the biggest anti-Communist weapon in the world is the Soviet population; "Very Strange Bedfellows"; The Federal Reserve Board - take out of private hands the right to expand or contract money supply; What Inflation Is; The Children's Crusades - 1960; The Balfour Declaration; The Wolf Peach; The Great Stone facing; South African Sideshow; Typhoid Mary's Secret; Your Psychosomatic Opportunity - empathy, rather than pills, may be the solution; The Sobering Sixties; Dog's Best Friend; The Shadows Before; An Open Letter to Mr. John J. McCloy; The Printed Record of the NCC (National Council of Churches); The Pastry War; Religion and Status Quo. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; American Mercury Magazine, "To Bear Witness To The Truth", August (Aug.) 1960, Volume XCI No. 439 - Khruschchev and the Flight to Sverdlovsk / Movies Are Redder Than Ever Canadian Intelligence Service Let's Give America Back to the Schoolkids - How to R.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with spectacular photos; The Mad Mule - a mine mule turns murderer at the Blue Mountain Mine in Butte, Montana; The Mystery of Crowhurst Aylmer - a remarkable romance from 1890 is narrated by a life insurance manager; Whale-Hunting With A Camera - A fascinating account of the work of scientific naturalist-photographer H.J. Shepstone - the first man to secure a complete set of striking photographs of the various species of whales 'at home' in the water, and being harpooned, at a time when they were already facing extinction; An Accessory After the Fact - An English mining engineer's queer experience in Mexico; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part I - J. Campbell Besley and his expedition discover the source of the mighty Amazon high in the mountains of Peru and follow it down to the Atlantic, time and again fighting for their lives against savages and forces of nature; The Buried Treasure - the extraordinary experience of travelling salesman R.D. Morrison in North Carolina; The Hermits of the Alps - The lonely life of herdsmen who take their herds and flocks to high mountain pastures each summer - article with great photos; In Search of Adventure - Part III - The Story of a Chequered Cruise; Fighting a Giant Saw-Fish - James Willoughby describes a monster catch and the battle he put up - article with great photo of the fish, 14.5 feet long; A Capture of Dacoits - an account of an exciting day's work in the Punjab; and more. pp. 6 [ads], 482-576, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Evison, Henry G.; Mills, J. Dewar; Somerfield, Thomas; Reynolds, Warwick; Holloway, W.H. (illustrator).…